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Complete the sentences with a job.
I want to be...
I don't want to be...
My friend [name] is a ...
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Read about two 20th century icons below. How old were they when they died?
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MICHAEL JACKSON Michael Jackson was a singer, dancer and actor. He was born on 29th August 1958, in a city near Chicago. He was the eighth of ten children. His father, Joseph, was a musician in a band called The Falcons. Michael was the singer and song writer for The Jacksons. The other singers in the band were Michael’s brothers. Their best-selling single was I Want You Back in 1969. Michael’s 1982 album Thriller was number one in the USA for thirty-seven weeks. Michael was married twice. His death, on 25th June 2009, was on the front page of newspapers all around the world. Michael Jackson was 1 years old when he died.
GRACE KELLY Grace Kelly was an actor and a princess. She was born on 12th November 1929, in Philadelphia. Her first film was Fourteen Hours in 1951. She was also in Rear Window in 1954 and High Society in 1956. Grace and Prince Rainier III of Monaco were married in the same year. After that her name was the Princess of Monaco or Princess Grace. Her death in a car crash, on 14th September 1982, was a big news story. Grace Kelly was 2 years old when she died.
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Read the text again and choose the correct options.
1
Thriller:
A) number one for a short time
B) number one for a long time
2
Grace Kelly:
A) from Monaco
B) from the USA
3
Grace Kelly and the Prince of Monaco:
A) married in 1954
B) married in 1956
4
Grace Kelly’s first film:
A) Fourteen Hours
B) Rear Window
5
Michael Jackson:
A) one of ten children
B) one of eight children
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Michael’s brothers:
A) singers in The Falcons
B) singers in The Jacksons
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Complete the text with was or were.
waswere
Mahatma Gandhi 1 born on 2nd October 1869, in Gujarat, India. At school Gandhi 2 an average student but later in life he 3 a writer, a politician and a great leader. His ideas 4 important for millions of people around the world. In 1999 Gandhi 5 one of The 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. Albert Einstein 6 first. Gandhi and Franklin Roosevelt 7 joint second. Bart Simpson and Bruce Lee 8 also on the list.
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Listen and repeat. Choose all words that have the /3:/ sounds in the sentences. Listen again, check and repeat the sentences.
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They were my first friends.
A) They
B) first
C) were
D) my
E) friends.
2
They’re about thirty years old now.
A) They’re
B) years
C) old
D) about
E) thirty
3
You were my first love.
A) You
B) love.
C) my
D) were
E) first
4
My daughter is a beautiful girl. This is her photo.
A) photo
B) daughter
C) her
D) girl
E) beautiful
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Listen and make notes about some more people on The 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century list.
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